Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

Chapter 650: Become the King, Time Stops

Monk Deyun looked towards the main hall and, under the arrangement of the abbot, six fellow disciples who were familiar with him stood up.

"Virtue, virtue, virtue..."

He thought about what Zhang Zhiwei had just said. Commonality, what do they have in common?

He sorted them out one by one. He found out that Junior Brother Deying was the elder of the relic hall, which kept the relics of the eminent monks of the temple who had passed away.

These relics are a representation of the monks' long-term and diligent practice of Buddhism. They contain profound Buddhist principles, are sacred objects of inheritance, and are also a carrier of cultural exchange.

The Shari'an Temple has taken the relics enshrined in the temple to the Tendai sect in Japan for display many times, under the pretext of Buddhist exchange.

Junior Brother Deying was one of the few opponents. He felt that this temple was a sect temple, and even if they really wanted to exchange Buddhist teachings, it should be the Biheshan Tiantai sect, which was a branch sect, who should come to pay a visit, rather than the monks from the relic temple bringing the relics.

With this idea in mind, Junior Brother Deying never went to Japan even once.

Monk Deyun then looked at his other fellow apprentice, Brother Degang.

He was a monk of Nagarjuna Temple. Nagarjuna Bodhisattva was the founding ancestor of the Tiantai Sect. This shows the status of this temple in the Tiantai Sect.

Most of the monks in this monastery practice the teachings of the original ancestor and are not interested in the modified teachings of the Japanese branch. They advocate maintaining the integrity of their own heritage and are unwilling to be influenced too much by the Japanese branch. Junior Brother Degang is one of them.

He looked at De Xin who was standing behind him. This was his senior brother, a high monk in Zheng Dao Temple. He devoted himself to Buddhism and paid little attention to worldly affairs. His idea was the same as that of his junior brother De Gang. He did not want to be too involved with Japan.

The other monks behind Senior Brother Dexin also have one thing in common, which is that they are opposed to having too much contact with the Japanese branch.

In the Tiantai sect, the monks who opposed spreading Buddhism overseas and contacting the branch sect in Japan were ultimately only a minority.

However, the abbot arranged the most determined and respected monks among these few monks to deal with an unfathomable and extremely dangerous opponent together.

Could all this be a coincidence? ... Monk Deyun muttered to himself.

Immediately, he remembered the instructions given by the abbot when he arranged for him to fight against the young Taoist priest, which was to let him do whatever he wanted and kill him, regardless of life or death.

Given the young Taoist priest's decisive and murderous character, if he really did what the abbot said and killed him, the young Taoist priest would certainly not show mercy, and he would have no choice but to die.

Once he dies, the brothers who come with him will have to obey the abbot's instructions and avenge themselves. Once they take action, they will definitely be more ruthless and will not stop until they die.

In this case, not to mention what would happen to the besieged little master, his fellow disciples would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

Thinking of this, no matter how unwilling Monk Deyun was, he could only come to one conclusion: the abbot wanted to use the little Taoist priest to clean out those fellow disciples who were unwilling to have too much contact with the Japanese branch.

"Abbot...Uncle Ku Rong...why are you doing this?"

Monk Deyun sighed sadly, and was so angry that he spat out mouthfuls of blood.

Monk Deyun thought that something was wrong in the temple and suspected many people, but the only person he never suspected was Abbot Ku Rong.

Because, ever since Abbot Ku Rong handed over the position of abbot to Master Dehong, he has been practicing Zen in the back mountain. He has never gone down the mountain, let alone set foot in Japan.

The abbot had never been to Japan and had little communication with Japanese monks. How could he collude with the Japanese pirates?

It was with this idea in mind that every time they had a conflict with monks who were close to the Japanese branch, they would ask Abbot Ku Rong to adjudicate justice.

The abbot would always give them a seemingly double-edged countermeasure, so they never doubted him, but they never expected that what they thought was the most unlikely was precisely the most hidden.

Even the abbot and the host are like this. Is there really any hope for the huge Tiantai Sect? Master Deyun couldn't help but feel deeply despair.

At this time, Zhang Zhiwei said: "Fortunately, you know when to advance and when to retreat, otherwise if you were beaten to death by me, many innocent people in the Tiantai Sect might have died."

He noticed the change in Master Deyun's mood and smiled faintly, "Master, there is no need to be so pessimistic. The purpose of my trip is to eliminate the dross and retain the essence of your Tiantai Sect. Those who defected to the Japanese pirates and those who betrayed us will all be eliminated, leaving only those who are serious about practicing Buddhism."

Monk Deyun's eyes were empty, and he shook his head helplessly: "Little Heavenly Master is very powerful, but there are some things you can't do. Even if you do it, it's meaningless."

If his inference was true, most of the high-ranking monks in the sect had more or less ties with the Japanese pirates. If, as the Little Heavenly Master said, all of these people were eliminated, how many people would be left in the Tiantai Sect? How different would that be from being exterminated?
For a moment, his mind was in a mess, with all kinds of thoughts popping up in his mind, but suddenly, a sound of breaking air was heard. He stopped thinking, turned his head and saw that the six monks assigned by Master Ku Rong had surrounded him with various means.

Although it is somewhat dishonorable to use the force of numbers to bully a younger person, and if you tell others about it, you may be laughed at by heroes all over the world.

But they are all monks who have practiced for many years, and they have actually seen through these matters of fame and fortune. They don’t care. If the little Taoist priest can be killed here, what does face matter?

At the same time, in front of the main hall, monks from other sects all looked at this scene with serious expressions. Although the siege was a bit unfair and even violated the rules of the martial arts world, no one spoke out to stop it.

No matter how they viewed this scene in their hearts, at the current occasion, they were all Buddhists and could only talk about it verbally. It was absolutely impossible for them to start a war at this critical juncture for an unpopular Taoist bull nose.

Even the abbots of the three Putuo temples were the same. However, the three abbots looked at each other and seemed to have discovered something.

However, the warlords and celebrities who came to Guanli for the ceremony felt that the monks were a bit vulgar and thought that after this incident, they must learn more about the Taoist priests.

Monk Deyun discovered his fellow disciples' actions and hurriedly staggered to his feet, waving his hands and shouting, saying that the abbot was colluding with the Japanese pirates and now wanted to use the young Taoist priest to eliminate the opposition in the temple and told them not to be impulsive.

After these words were spoken, the imagined uproar and defection did not occur, and even the expression of Monk Ku Rong in front of the Main Hall did not change at all.

Even the three abbots of the three Putuo temples felt a sinking feeling in their hearts and glanced at Ku Rong slightly, but did not say anything.

Although the purpose of their trip was to explore how deep the connection between Tiantai Sect and the Japanese pirates was.

But if, as Deyun said, even the abbot has defected to the Japanese pirates, this would undoubtedly be extremely terrifying.

It was so scary that even high monks like them subconsciously avoided this question. Compared to the fact that Abbot Ku Rong was a traitor, they were more willing to believe that Monk De Yun had just been brainwashed by the Little Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain in a weird way.

After all, Zhang Zhiwei's methods are still a little too difficult to understand for people who don't know the truth.

In their eyes, Zhang Zhiwei didn't even have much conversation with Monk Deyun. He just helped Monk Deyun, and Monk Deyun's face changed, sometimes surprised, sometimes painful, sometimes desperate, and then to the hysteria just now.

This is really too abnormal. Instead of believing the crazy talk in this state, it is better to believe that Zhang Zhiwei is behind it.

On the distant mountain peak, the left sect leader who had been observing secretly shook his head and said, "Friend Zhiwei's methods are very advanced and his ideas are very good, but he underestimated the human heart. I didn't expect that the Tiantai Sect would be infiltrated so far. Even the abbot's position is on the side of Japan. This is much more serious than we expected before we came here."

Although he didn't understand how Zhang Zhiwei did it, Zuo Menchang was definitely on Zhang Zhiwei's side.

Zhang Jingqing also shook his head: "I didn't expect that old man Ku Rong, who had been in seclusion for more than ten years, would get in touch with the Japanese pirates."

"Now that things have come to this, do we need to come in and clean up the mess?" Zuo Rutong asked.

In his opinion, since it has been confirmed that Ku Rong has connections with the Japanese pirates, even if they come in and eradicate them, Buddhism cannot say anything, let alone stir up any disputes between Buddhism and Taoism.

"No hurry, it's not time yet. The people who should show up haven't shown up yet." Zhang Jingqing shook his head. "Besides, the problem of Tiantai Sect is really serious. It's not appropriate for us to end up like this. Should we kill all the monks who have ties with the pirates?"

"Shouldn't he be killed?" Yi Qian who was accompanying him asked silently.

Zhang Jingqing paused and said, "He should be killed, but we shouldn't be the ones to do it."

"Who should kill them then?" Yi Qian asked, "Buddhists themselves?"

Zhang Jingqing didn't say anything.

Yi Qian thought he had agreed and continued, "Come on, those bald asses have a hard time killing a chicken."

Zuo Menchang didn't say anything. He was not thinking about who should be killed, but whether he should be killed.

He was a kind person all his life. Even if he met a completely evil person, he would often give him a chance and spare his life, considering that it was not easy for him to practice.

Many people said that he did this because he had a kind heart like a bodhisattva. He understood that the extraordinary people who embarked on the path of cultivation had all experienced a painful journey that ordinary people could hardly endure, so he felt compassion and could not bear to kill.

He never refuted, but he also never admitted it. One should be honest in life. What others say about certain things is their business, but one should never deceive oneself.

The reason why he likes to leave a way out and give others a chance is not because of some damn compassion.

He actually believed that he should not do things to the extreme and should give others a chance, just as he would when one day he was no longer around or could no longer take care of Trinity.

Those who had received his favor and had their lives spared by him would give the disciples of Trinity a chance for his sake when they were confronted by them.

Therefore, according to his consistent thinking, he would at most punish the main culprit, and it was impossible for him to kill all the monks who had connections with the Japanese pirates.

From what Zhang Jingqing thought, he wanted to kill the monk, but didn't want to do it himself.

Of course, Zuo Rutong also didn’t think that Zhang Jingqing wanted Zhang Zhiwei to take action.

In this matter, Zhang Jingqing and Zhang Zhiwei actually have the same identity.

So who does he want to take action?
Zuo Rutong pondered, and at the same time, he was curious about what young friend Zhiwei thought.

At the same time, at the Tiantai Sect Dharma Assembly, six monks had already flown over.

"Amitabha, Junior Brother Deyun, it must be this evil Taoist who cast a curse on you just now. I am here to save you!" Master Dexin shouted angrily.

Immediately afterwards, the six monks ignored Monk Deyun's obstruction and used their own methods. Their bodies condensed into six illusory Vajra, surrounded Zhang Zhiwei, and attacked separately. One after another, true Qi with different attributes evolved into magic and hit him.

Facing the attack of the six monks, Zhang Zhiwei sat cross-legged on the back of the nine-headed lion without any other movement. A golden barrier appeared out of thin air, and all kinds of means were blocked by the golden light.

One of the monks took off a string of Buddhist beads from his neck and threw it out. The beads scattered and turned into beads that shot towards him.

There is a "卐" character on the surface of each bead, which can easily penetrate steel. Moreover, with the blessing of runes, they also have the ability to break spells and are specifically designed to counter protective abilities such as the Golden Light Curse and the Golden Bell Cover.

But even so, these specially made prayer beads were still blocked by Zhang Zhiwei's golden light barrier. The prayer beads were visibly hovering above the golden light and spinning at high speed, but even if they drilled themselves to the point of smoking, they could not penetrate even one centimeter.

At the same time, there were also monks who were good at boxing. They suddenly raised a breath of Qi, and with one breath, they punched non-stop around the golden barrier. In just a blink of an eye, they had thrown out hundreds of punches, and each punch had the effect of breaking the Qi, but it was all in vain.

This scene shocked everyone present.

Ordinary people only think that Zhang Zhiwei is like a god who reaches the sky, invincible and indestructible. He really has the aura of a Buddha who is unmoved by the eight winds and sits on the purple golden lotus.

If he was not dressed as a Taoist priest but as a monk, these people from Xinzhou might have bowed down in worship and shouted "Buddha Tathagata".

As for the monks around, as well as the extraordinary people with cultivation, they felt their teeth ache when they heard the continuous clanging sounds of metal in their ears, and they couldn't help complaining in their hearts. It was not said in the martial arts world that the tortoise shells of Longhu Mountain were so hard!
Among the extraordinary people who were invited to watch the water and land ceremony, there were several who were proficient in numerology. They had the ability to reveal the secrets of the strange world, which allowed them to open their third eye and see things that ordinary people could not see.

In their eyes, Zhang Zhiwei was not only surrounded by golden light, like a god descending, but there was also an even more astonishing scene: under his feet, with him as the center, a blue compass pattern suddenly spread out on the ground.

Inside the pattern are the Eight Trigrams and Heavenly Stems rotating clockwise, while outside are the Earthly Branches and the 24 Solar Terms rotating counterclockwise. It is extremely complex, yet interconnected.

"He actually used himself to determine the center palace. It is said that the little master is also proficient in numerology and is second to none in the art of Qimen. But few people have seen it. Now it seems to be true!" Several people were shocked.

Soon, they saw that Zhang Zhiwei had removed the golden light around him, and the six monks who had been attacking like a storm, along with the nine-headed lion under Zhang Zhiwei, all stopped moving, as if the video had been paused.

(End of this chapter)